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| Date: | 01 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Child in a shopping cart with a frozen Armour smoked ham. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an oil painting of Lyman Spalding, a founder of the United States Pharmacopeia, and its first chairman. The painting was done by the artist R... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | The artist Robert Thom pauses to pose with his new painting, "The Forming of the United States Pharmacopeia", which depicts the inaugural delegates to the ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the U. S. Pharmacopeial Convention Board of Trustees, 1940-50. Pictured are, left to right: Adley Nichols (Secretary), Morris Fishbein, Patrick Cos... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A group of people boarding a diesel bus on 12th Street. |
| Date: | 09 17 1952 |
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| Description: | Research Products Company display window at Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig Hardware Store, featuring Filter-Fry frying pan cover and E Z Kleen air filters. 17 South ... |
| Date: | 07 19 1955 |
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| Description: | Exterior of stores on State Street, including Sandra Hat Shop, 101 State Street; The Perfume Shop, 103 State Street; Olson's Dress Shop, 105 State Street a... |
| Date: | 10 27 1955 |
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| Description: | Interior of the new, self-service Woolworth's variety store, 2-8 West Mifflin Street, showing lower sales area and balcony at the back of the store with me... |
| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in line with South Pinckney Street. Includes St. Raphael's steeple, 1 West Wilson Street state office bui... |
| Date: | 03 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Night view of the "Mifflin Arcade" with terra cotta facade. Businesses include Silver Dollar Tavern at 117 West Mifflin Street, Sibyl Hats at 119 West Miff... |
| Date: | 11 17 1956 |
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| Description: | View of the Dane County Courthouse, 207 West Main Street, erected in 1885, the second on this site, just prior to being razed and replaced by a parking ram... |
| Date: | 03 03 1957 |
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| Description: | A view of Olin Terrace. The terrace and fountain were built in 1934 by CWA and FERA workers. It was designed by Frank Riley, Madison architect, in the Ital... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | In this scene from "Design For Life", Contractor Saunders (right), discusses with Pharmacist Robinson (Butler Hixon) the career his son Dale (David Bain), ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Interior shot of the tap room at the Blue Heron on County Truck "B" near Chippewa flowage. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Inch School No. 6 blocked up to be moved to Lodi. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of two men operating a Farmall 300 tractor and a McCormick baler in a field. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Actor John Wayne chats with driver Jim De Shon in an International Travelall sound truck on the set of "The Horse Soldiers". Owned by Goldwyn Studios and h... |
| Date: | 01 1952 |
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| Description: | Herbert March speaking at the "Negro and White, Unite and Fight" rally in -8 F degree weather. |
| Date: | 12 26 1957 |
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| Description: | Newborn infants lying in incubators sleeping. |
| Date: | 12 22 1956 |
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| Description: | Apprehensive young child on Santa's lap. |
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